"College Dropouts and the Medford Miracle" is the ninth episode in season six of the American sitcom Young Sheldon. The episode aired on January 5, 2023.
Summary[]
Sheldon considers dropping out of college to focus on building his database. Also, George Sr. is frustrated when someone else gets credit for his football wins.[1]
Plot[]
Sheldon walks into the company Texas Instruments and presents information to people, who think he is too young as a joke. At his school, George and Wayne give a pep talk to the football team for a game against Pine View. Pastor Rob comes into the locker room and prays for the team at the invitation of Wayne Wilkins; this was done at George's disconcerting manner.
At home, George returns home dissatisfied. Mary tells them to not beat himself up for the loss. George corrects her saying the Medford team had a blowout victory despite Pine View being a very good team. George wasn't too happy due to the team hoisting Pastor Rob on their shoulders after the game.
The next day, Missy is talking on the phone when Sheldon knocks and asks for her help. She pretends to sound as an adult and ask for Mr. Jennings, and then proceeds to hand the phone to Sheldon after taking his money. As he talks about the grant database, his mother picks up the phone and embarrasses him.
At school, Pastor Rob is talking to Mr. Givens, Ms. Hutchins, and Coach Wayne talking about the Medford Miracle. Ms. Hutchins is interested in him, and is brought back to reality when Wayne comments she's Mormon.
Missy talks to Meemaw about having a date with Dean. Meemaw sets some ground rules such as the date itself must be rated G, while the film must be rated PG-13. She also tells her that while she will give her independence on her date, Meemaw will show up unannounced occasionally at any time, in addition to the pillows staying in the middle, and cannot be moved or reset in her absence.
Sheldon arrives in Dr. Sturgis's office and enlists his help for the meeting on Thursday. They present the information to new investors, and who are interested in the content. The investors want him to work full time so no one else want to do it before so; Sheldon realizes this could be an impediment to his university time, so he considers dropping out of college. At home, he tells his mom about his desire to drop out to work full time; Mary refuses to let him do so. Missy walks by and remarks that she is the only one who is not dropping out. George reviews old footage in his office when Rob comes in and talks. He wants to stay as pastor for the team. As a result, George feels a bit upstaged at the success and attention. At a bar, Rex Peterman tells it's best to not let himself ruin a winning streak. Sheldon wants to tell him something and George says, “whatever it is, he says yes”. Sheldon is happy that he can drop out of college. He then goes to Dr. Sturgis and tells everything; he is reminded about the time he told off a rich guy and wants to talk to them.
Dean calls to tell them they can meet up again to make some cookies with Meemaw like he did with his grandmother and it becomes clear to Missy that Dean is reliving his memories of his late grandmother, by filling the void by interacting with Meemaw rather than focusing on his girlfriend
Sturgis and Sheldon meets the donor Gary O’Brien, whom Sheldon met earlier. He is interested in the proposal of funding.
At the football game the score is 14-17 and as George is gonna send the field goal unit, Pastor Rob tells George if he fakes a field goal they might catch them off guard and as Coach Wilkins was telling Pastor Rob it won't work, George agrees to do it believing they'll lose and everyone will blame Pastor Rob so he tells his players to run the fake. Before the game starts again, George advises to Pastor Rob to pray and Medford wins the game 20-17 with a touchdown much to George's annoyance as everyone celebrates
Back at Meemaw's house, Missy, Dean, and Meemaw are baking cookies and when Missy asks Dean to help her roll the dough, Dean calls Meemaw grandma and Missy gets annoyed and Meemaw is surprised as Dean explains how Meemaw reminds him of his late Grandma. When Meemaw tells Dean to help Missy with the dough Dean asks Meemaw that while the cookies are baking she can teach him to play Gin Rummy and Missy who is annoyed he would rather spend time with Meemaw then her she breaks up with him and tells him to get out but Dean says his mom won't pick him up until 7 and Meemaw agrees to teach Dean to play Gin Rummy.
Credits[]
Main[]
- Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper
- Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper
- Lance Barber as George Cooper Sr.
- Montana Jordan as George Cooper Jr.
- Raegan Revord as Missy Cooper
- Jim Parsons as the voice of Sheldon Cooper
- Annie Potts as Meemaw
Guest[]
- Wallace Shawn as Dr. John Sturgis
- Dave Foley as Gary O'Brien
- Doc Farrow as Coach Wayne Wilkins
- Rex Linn as Principal Tom Petersen
- Dan Byrd as Pastor Rob
- Brian Stepanek as Mr. Hubert Givens
- Sarah Baker as Ms. Sheryl Hutchins
- Elijah Collins as Stevens
- Andy Umberger as Mr. Anderson
- Paul Schackman as Mr. Lockhart
- Charles Lott Jr. as Jenkins
- Travis Burnett as Dean
Notes[]
- Gary O'Brien was introduced in "Crappy Frozen Ice Cream and an Organ Grinder's Monkey" from Season 4. This episode has a brief flashback to the earlier episode.
